Google to become Jio Platforms second-largest investor
Reliance Industries has announced Google is the latest company to purchase a stake of its digital ventures business unit, paying $4.5 billion for the privilege of a 7.7% share.
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Telkom Kenya hosts first commercial deployment of Loon
Alphabet’s novel solution to connecting the unconnected has had its first non-emergency deployment in Kenya.
Will remote working trends endure beyond lockdown?
It is most likely anyone reading this article is doing so from the comfort of their own home, but the question is whether this has become the new norm is a digitally defined economy?
ITU says lower prices don’t lead to higher internet penetration
The UN telecoms agency observes that, while global connectivity prices are going down, the relationship with penetration is not as inversely proportion as you might think.
As YouTube defaults to SD worldwide, Ofcom offers connectivity top tips
With everyone stuck at home for the foreseeable future, telecoms capacity has become front page news.
Loon claims second customer win in Amazon rainforest
Google-owned balloon connectivity firm Loon has officially signed its second customer, Internet para Todos Perú, to deliver the internet to remote regions in the Peruvian Amazon.
Elliott starts calling for AT&T CEOs head – report
Elliott Management, the activist investor which steamrolled into the AT&T business, has reportedly called for the replacement of CEO Randall Stephenson.
Openreach cuts costs by 75% to attract builders to fibre diet
Openreach will be slashing the cost of installing fibre wires in new residential developments of less than 30 plots, as it looks to tempt housing developers onto a fibre diet.
UK government tries to encourage 5G innovation rural areas
The UK government has set aside £30 million to fund a few winners of a competition to come up with bright ideas about exploiting 5G tech in the countryside.
Telco lobby tells BoJo to show his commitment to fibre goals
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson made some waves with his 2025 100% full-fibre broadband objectives in recent weeks, and now the telcos are asking him to prove it’s more than hot air.
Huawei gets out of the subsea game
A filing with the Shanghai Stock Exchange has revealed Huawei will be selling its marine cabling business, the first divestment since relationships turned sour with the White House.
Wearables are on the up – IDC
Global shipments of wearable devices are increasingly healthily increasing, according to IDC estimates, up 55% to 49.6 million over the first three months of 2019.
Amazon rumoured to be rummaging around Boost
Amazon is rumoured to be one of the parties interested in purchasing Sprint’s prepaid Boost, and while it might be a long-shot, all rumours eventually seem lead back to Amazon at some point.
Google Loon up-and-floating to aid Peru earthquakes
Commercial contract negotiations with Telefonica Peru have allowed Google’s Loon to respond to Amazonian earthquakes within 48-hours of receiving the call.
Musk takes first step towards SpaceX broadband vision
SpaceX has kicked off its satellite broadband mission with the launch of 60 assets, all of which are now online.
UK mobile lobby group bemoans inactivity from local councils
Perhaps the preached proactivity of central government will mean little towards the UK’s connected dream if local authorities and councils are creating a mobile bottleneck.
Inmarsat once again in the acquisition crosshairs
Acquisition rumours are once again swirling around British satellite company Inmarsat, this time to take the company back to private equity control for £3.3 billion.
BT shared rural network snub is not as it seems
Everyone agrees that there needs to be some sort of collaboration to meet the extra-ordinarily difficult coverage objectives of the Government, but BT is snubbing rivals’ latest plans?
OneWeb bags another $1.25 billion for global satellite mission
London-based satellite company OneWeb has announced it has secured an additional $1.25 billion in new capital, taking the total funds raised to $3.4 billion.
Infrastructure commission warns UK government over lacklustre ambition
The National Infrastructure Committee (NIC) has issued a warning to the UK Government over its infrastructure ambitions, seemingly worried that Minister’s think the job is done.
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